Sebastian Croft's Celebrity Traitors Look, and How to Get It
Sebastian Croft walked into The Celebrity Traitors in a mint-green jacket with gold buttons, and the show's cast stylist, Catherine Moran, summed up his whole...
Sebastian Croft walked into The Celebrity Traitors in a mint-green jacket with gold buttons, and the show's cast stylist, Catherine Moran, summed up his whole wardrobe to The Telegraph as "a cool vintage vibe". Grazia, meanwhile, credited the Heartstopper actor with bringing a suitcase of very good cardigans to Inverness. Between them, that's the look: soft colours and slightly old-fashioned shapes, worn with very plain basics.
He had competition. In the same Telegraph piece Moran described Romesh Ranganathan's style as "streetwear-meets-heritage", and Joe Lycett went deliberately camp while Richard E Grant wore Burberry scarves. Croft's was the quietest wardrobe of the lot, and the one I'd most like to take home. It's also one of the easier celebrity looks to copy, because only one piece in it is doing anything unusual.
The jacket he wore into the castle
Mint bouclé jacket, white T-shirt
It's a collarless jacket in a nubbly mint bouclé, cut short and square, with patch pockets and a column of gold buttons. That's a shape you'd normally find in a women's tailoring department or on a vintage rail, which is half the fun. He wears it open over a plain white crew-neck T-shirt and dark jeans, so the jacket is the only interesting thing and gets to be very interesting. No outlet has named the label, so think of the rail as the colour and spirit of it, not the exact piece.
Shop green jackets and blazers
Pastel bouclé is thin on the ground in high-street menswear, so the closest route is a soft green blazer or a relaxed one in a neutral. I'd wear either open over a T-shirt rather than with a shirt and tie, and push the sleeves up if the fabric is stiff.
The cardigan habit
If pink feels like a lot, take the green from the jacket he arrived in, or go cream. A cardigan in either goes with every pair of jeans you own.
How to wear vintage-feeling menswear without looking dressed up
Let one piece be the odd one out
The mint jacket works because everything under it is plain. Buy one unusual thing and keep the rest boring on purpose.
Go soft on colour
Pale shades look gentler and a bit older than brights, and they're easier to wear with what you already own.
Look on the vintage rails and in the women's section
Short, collarless jackets in bouclé or tweed turn up far more often there. The cut is boxy enough that the fit often works; check the shoulders and sleeves first.
Button the cardigan up
Done up to the top, a cardigan looks like a jumper with more personality. Left open over a T-shirt, it goes cosier.
Whatever happens before the final, the mint jacket is the easiest thing in that castle to steal. Stock on these rails changes daily, so if a piece is right, don't sit on it.